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North Korea reports uptick in suspected Covid-19 cases

This picture taken on May 16, 2022 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on May 17 shows officers of the military medical field of the Korean People's Army going to supply medicines for the Covid-19 coronavirus, in Pyongyang. © str, AFP

North Korea on Wednesday reported 232,880 new cases of fever and another six deaths as leader Kim Jong Un accused officials of “immaturity” and “slackness” in their early handling of the COVID-19 outbreak ravaging across the unvaccinated nation.

The country’s anti-virus headquarters said 62 people have died and more than 1.7 million have fallen ill amid a rapid spread of fever since late April. It said more than a million people recovered but at least 691,170 remain in quarantine.

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